On July 2, the final video trailer in support of the sixth edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure will be released . The video bears the name “The Beautiful Blue Danube” and contains exclusive material shot in the Bulgarian cities Vidin, Ruse, Silistra, Belene, Svishtov and Kozloduy . The video recreates like never before, the unique atmosphere of the Bulgarian Danube river bank – assure the team of the organizers of the event.
“VIDIN: The Baba Vida Fortress” is the name of the latest video trailer supporting this year’s edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure. The video is a production of the Dunav Ultra team and presents one of the most impressive cultural and historical sites on the Balkans and a symbol of the city of Vidin – the Baba Vida Fortress.
The Danube town of Belene is а small Bulgarian city but has great and long history. In ancient times, the Romans built a military camp and a road station here called Dimum. Subsequently, the station grew to a strong military fortress and customs extending to several hectares. The thickness of the wall reaches the amazing 2.5 meters.
The “Kozloduy” video clip was shot during the last edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycling Adventure. The video includes footage of the great monument built in meters from the Danube coast (near Kozloduy) in honor of the work of the Bulgarian poet and national hero Hristo Botev.
The monument of Tsar Ivan Sratsimir in Vidin is the work of the sculptor Nikolay Haytov, who created the sculpture of Tsar Samuil in Sofia. The latter forms a controversy over Samuel’s bright, blood-red eyes. Interestingly, the statue of Ivan Sratsimir (ruler of the Vidin kingdom 1356-1396) also has luminous elements.
With more than 3000 views, the video trailer “Silistra” (Watch HERE) became the most popular promotional video dedicated to this year’s Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica ’19 event
An extremely interesting site – a Thracian-Roman sanctuary located in the large canyon known as The Dry River is one of the most interesting sites in the travel guide “The 100 Dunav Ultra Highlights“.
On May 2, 2014, three friends and cycle enthusiasts went to the most northwest populated village of Bulgaria Kudelin (Google maps) to start an unusual challenge named Dunav Ultra, since Dunav=Danube in Bulgarian language. Their goal was to overcome nearly 690 km along the Danube River (as close as they can to the northern border of Bulgaria ) to the endpoint – the most northeast populated village of the country Durankulak – near the Black Sea (Google maps). Until that moment, none of these amateur cyclists has ever tried to train on a road bicycle. Nevertheless their goal was to cover the distance in less than …48 hrs.
The historical fountain built in the Bulgarian village of Kaynardja (Silistra district) entered the Travel Guide *”100 Dunav Ultra Highlights“. The location gains popularity as part of the history of the continent – after the fifth Russian-Turkish war (1768-1774) the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed here.
The unique Thracian treasure found near Sivri Tepe (the land of today’s Bulgarian town of Borovo) is among the “100 Dunav Ultra Highlights” – the first of its kind Travel guide dedicated to the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route. The guide presents the most interesting POI – places, objects, natural phenomena, food, flora and fauna along the Danube and Dobruja in Bulgaria – from where the route passes through.
